#this is my first time hearing my favorite nightwish song with Floor singing it… oh wow i’m so so thrilled it’s FUCKING EPIC

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Rule: you can only repeat one artist and only one time, so we can all kind of spread new music to the people we tag. try to listen to at least one of the songs people rec here!

tagged/stolen from @itbepansam and @genderhawk and p much everyone else in the discord

1) one song you loved the first time you listened to and never got tired of?

Ghost Love Score - Nightwish, when Floor was the lead singer. Live at Wacken 2013. Floorgasms for days, folks. I could listen to this nonstop every day and be cool with it.

2) one song which makes you cry every time you listen to it or makes you emotional?

Far From Home (Raven) by Sam Tinnesz. Fuck you, Liam O’Brien, for adding this to Vax’s last playlist. (also this song hits different if you read Stephen King’s short story “The Jaunt” in Vax context)

3) one song that always makes you happy?

【MMD】Go home Homura, you are drunk by NicoNicoDouga. Its an oldie but a goodie and it makes me smile.

4) one song that you would dedicate to your best friend and/or your family?

Beehive - JayKode for my mom. She moves this fast and this is the song I put on when she’s cleaning the house cuz she’s so goddamned loud my autistic ass needs it to drown out and calm shit down.

5) one song with a production (the sounds, the beat, the mood) you love?

Nightwalker - Sentient Pulse. Chillstep dreamy. It’s like someone took all my favorite Pro Tools filters and masterfully art-ed ‘em together. I used this song in a video I did for class where we were basically asked to make a fanvid but for concepts in film. Imagine this song set to the cool light effects you can get in 2D animation - specially stuff like Treasure Planet and Atlantis.

6) one song with perfect, amazing, outstanding lyrics?

Cry For The Moon by Epica. As a preacher’s kid, both Epica and Within Temptation’s songs about the hidden grossness behind church walls was like a form of therapy for me.  “Indoctrinated minds so very often Contain sick thoughts And commit most of the evil they preach against Don't try to convince me with messages from God You accuse us of sins committed by yourselves It's easy to condemn without looking in the mirror Behind the scenes opens reality “ And here’s a link to WT’s song with similar themes. This song probably changed my life? It’s called The Truth Beneath The Rose.

7) one song that you would recommend to anyone?

Every song by Jungle, but particularly Busy Earnin’. Get into this band, yall, they are AMAZING.

8) one song you don’t understand why you like so much but you do anyway?

Oh Be Clever - River. I really... I dunno. This isn’t my usual type of vibes but I heard it like once and then I came back to it and now its on a playlist or two? WTF? I mean.. its good? Its’ just not ME. I’m not really a fan of the lyrics but something about the voice and the beat just get me I guess. The chorus is p baller tho.

9) one song that you think people in general wouldn’t like but you do?

This Hollow World by Johnny Hollow. Its not so much that I think people wouldn’t like it so much as Johnny Hollow didn’t get a whole lot of press, etc, they just aren’t quite as well known. But god I was so into them in high school. They used to have a website where you could play with like... these weird mechanical beetles and other insects and I’d spend hours on there.

10) one song people normally like and you don’t like/hate?

literally anything by taylor swift

11) one song you would call a masterpiece?

Somewhere - Within Temptation, Metropole Orchestra feat. Anneke van Giersbergen. Okay so first of all, Within Temptation is my favorite band. Always have been always will be. Sharon is not Human, she is an actual angel - but not in like the Precious Moments kind, I mean a full blown ethereal will-kill-you-if-you-looked-too-hard angel. Somewhere is a beautiful song regardless. But this duet, live, at their Black Symphony tour?? Holy shit? Anneke and Sharon’s voices meld and don’t meld so perfectly. The way the music is written is stunning as well! You can distinctly hear which of them is singing AND notice that they actually switch tones sometimes - flawlessly, I might add. 

12) one song you recently (last 30 days max) discovered and really liked it?

Yeah honestly I think I gotta go with Toss a Coin To Your Witcher as well, like the rest of the world. I mean, cmon.

13) one song you listen to to get pumped like you wanna tear down the fucking government or something?

Victorian Vigilante by Abney Park is one of them for sure. Plus, like, I’d feel weird if I didn’t put them on this list. I listen to them way too often and have for too long to leave off a music list.

Anyone can do this, we don’t tag people anymore as a culture I guess. :P